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[[Image:TCJJ.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas Jefferson]]

[[Image:TCJJ.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas Jefferson]]

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third [[President of the United States of America]] and often credited as the author of the [[Declaration of Independence]], though key portions of that document were simply taken from the [[Virginia Declaration of Rights]].   

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third [[President of the United States of America]] and often credited as the author of the [[Declaration of Independence]], though key portions of that document were simply taken from the [[Virginia Declaration of Rights]].   

 

Jefferson was a prominent architect, inventor and scientist.  His presidency had significant failures, and is best known for doubling the area of the United States with the controversial [[Louisiana Purchase]] from France.

Jefferson was a prominent architect, inventor and scientist.  His presidency had significant failures, and is best known for doubling the area of the United States with the controversial [[Louisiana Purchase]] from France.

Many liberal textbooks and online resources claim that Jefferson was a [[deist]],<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deist_thinkers</ref> but in fact Jefferson did not describe his own views in that manner.

Many liberal textbooks and online resources claim that Jefferson was a [[deist]],<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deist_thinkers</ref> but in fact Jefferson did not describe his own views in that manner.{{fact}}

In one of his writings now inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial in

In one of his writings now inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial in